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J. T. POSTER. Temporary-Binder.

No. 224,164. Patented Feb. 3, 1880 FIE-l- FIG-E- TTEET= I I 7/% UNIT DSTATES.

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TEMPORARY BINDER;

SPECIFICATION'forn ingpart of Leads Patent No. 224,164, dated February3, 1880.

Application vfiled December 16, 1879. I

To all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Join: T. FOSTER, of Arlington, county of Hudson,State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin' Temporary Bill or Letter Files, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention relates to that class of files in which thefiling-needles are formed in two parts meeting together, the lower partbci n g fixed to receive the papers, while the upper part is movable, sothat the upper papers may be transferredto the same and swung away fromthe others when it is desiredto'reach or remove one of the undersheetsfrom the fixed needles.

V The invention is "also an improvement on that class of files shown ina former patent issued to myself April 2, 1878, No. 202,013, in whichneedles of tubular form with beveled points are used; and it aims toprovide files of this kind with a simple and efficient means oftransferring the papers from the fixed needles,

as well as a means for moving the papers down upon the fixedneedleswhenfirst placed on file, or when removing the transferredupapersfrom the transfer-needles back upon the fixed needles. 1

To this end the main features of my. invention consist in swinging orpartly rotating transfer-needles having a special construction andarrangement relatively to thefixed nee dles, and in a perforating andstripping device movable upon the needles, as hereinafter fully setforth.

Figure 1 of the drawings annexed presents a plan view of myimprovedfile, and Fig.2 a side elevation thereof.--Fig. 3 is also asideelevation with papers shown on file and a pottion transferred to thetransfer-needles, which are swung backfrom the fixed needles.

In the drawings, a indicates the base-board of the file, and b alightcasting riveted onthe.

head end of the board and carrying the ope'r ative portions of t thefile. This casting is formed with an eye at c, by which the file may" behung up, and it has also two cars, ff, which overlie the base-board, andin the ends of which the fixed filing-needles d d are riveted, the saidneedles risingperpendicularly therefrom to a suitable height. 7 Theseneedles are i preferably of the kind shown in the patent before referredtothat is, tuhular-qoreferably consisting of smallbrass tubes havingtheir upper ends beveled acutely from one side, so as to form a sharp,yet enduring, chisel-point f0 readilypuncturing the papers as they, areplaced on file, While the bore of the tubes peronto which the papers maybe strung and afterward bound into bundles for future reference.

Whenthis kind of needle is used holes are niit the binding string orwire. being passed through. This'tubular form of needle is, how,-ever,'in no way essential to my present improvement, as theneedles mayjust well be formed ofsolid wire with conical or with beveled points, ifdesired.

rights,n, which rise parallel with .the fixed needles d, and at a shortdistance therefrom, which serve as a gage for the top edge of thepapers, and form, also, a bearing for a cranked trunnion, 0, similar tothat in my aforesaid patent. The ends of this trunnion are equipped withswinging transfenneedles g, which curveover and meet point to point withthe fixed needles, as shown bestin Fig. A spring, it, connected atopposite ends with the crank ofthe trunnion, and with an eye, It, on thecasting I), tends to hold the needles firmly together; but by depressingthe fin ger-plate Z, projecting from thecranked part of the trunnion,the transfer-needles may be raised ahd swung awayfrom the fixed needles,as shown .in Fig.3, and-when the crank passes over the center thespring'will retain the needles in the raised position, as shown in Fig.3. Radial stops m, projecting downward near the endsof the trunnion,strike the flanged portions of the uprightsfn, and limitthe overswingofthe trunnion and transfer-needles, and retain the same in the positionshown in Fig. 3ftill allowed to descend by operating the fin-genplate,as will be understood.

It will now be observed that when the transfer-f'needles far-eraisedandswung back, as shownin Fig. 3, the points of the fixed nee bored throughthe base beneath them to per-' The casting b is also formed with twoupmits of Wires or cords being inserted therein,

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dles becomee'xposed, and the desired papers may be forced over theneedles and thus placed on file, when, by swinging back thetransfer-needles, as seen in Fig. 2, the papers will be thus securelyretained on file. When, however, it is desired to reach or remove one ofthe under sheets the upper sheets may be slipped up and back on thetransferneedles, and the same swung away from the fixed needles, asshown in Fig. 3, thus permitting the removal of the desired paper fromthe file.

It. will be observed that the transfer and the fixed needles are ofsimilar thickness, and that their meeting points or ends are beveledsimilarly, but oppositely, so that the bevels coincide and the needlescome in coincident line with each other when the points meet. This formsone of the novel features of my present device, and it has the advantagethat it thus avoids any lateral shoulder, protuberance, or

obstruction at the junction of the needles, and hence the movement ofthe papers back or forth thereon is much facilitated.

It has also the further merit that the meeting points of the needleshave no tendency to injure each other, as is the case where a conicalpoint on the transfer-needles is arranged to enter the bore of the fixedneedles, in which case the tendency is to burr the latter or to splitthe tube.

Another feature of the present invention consists in arranging the axesor trunnions of the swinging or transt'erneedles on a level, ortli-ereabout, with the top of the fixed needles, as fully shown in Figs.2 and 3, by which it will be observed that the points of thetransfer-needles approach and retire from the points of the fixed needlein line with the level of their points, thus causing the contact of theneedles to take place in the least injurious manner.

I also prefer to curve the transfer-needles to a radius from the centerof the trunnion, as illustrated; but this is not essential.

The transfer-needles may be prolonged radially and riveted directly intothe ends of the trunnion, as seen in Fig. 2, or, in lieu of this, shortradial arms may be cast on the trunnions, into which the needles may beriveted at the curved end, as illustrated in Fig. 3, this constructionbeing preferred.

The remaining feature of my invention consists in the stripping devicet, for moving the papers upon the needles. This preferably consists of astout wire having its terminal ends bent around the trunnion, as shownbest in Fig. 1, so as to be free to turn thereon, while intermediateloops are formed to loosely encircle the needles, and a central loopserves as an operating-hamlle. The stripper t is free to turn upon theneedles, and when a paper is to be placed on file it will be observedthat by depressing the stripper t upon the same it will serve as aperforator to force the sheet down over the needle-points, which it willaccom plish more neatly and effectually than can be done by hand.

It will be also observed that when it is desired to remove the papersfrom the transferneedles back upon the fixed needles, by closing theneedles together and moving the stripper along the same, forcing thepapers before it, the papers will thus become neatly and quicklyreplaced upon the fixed needles, thus rendering the action of the filemore convenient and complete.

What I claim as my invention is- V 1. The combination, in a file, of abase provided with fixed tubular filing-needles having points beveledfrom one side, together with swinging transfer-needles formed of solidWire of similar thickness to the tubular needles, and having points ofsimilar bevel, arranged to coincide with the bevels of the tubularneedles, and thus avoid injuring the bore or edges thereof.substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, in a file, offixed filingneedles withswingingtransfer-needles pivoted at a lateral distance from the top ofthe fixed needles and at or about a level with the tops or pointsthereof, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination, in a file, of fixed filingneedles and movabletransfer-needles with a pivoted or swinging stripping and perforat-' ingdevice, t, movable back and forth upon the latter, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, in a tile, with fixed filing-needles and rotating orcurved swinging transfer-needles, of a stripping device mounted on theaxes of the said needles and movable over the same,-substantially asherein shown and described.

5. The combination, in a file, of fixed filingneedles and swingingtransfer-needles with the stripping device t, formed of a wire havingits terminals bent around the axis of the transfer needles, and formedwith intermediate loops bent to loosely encircle the needles, and freelymovable thereon, substantially as herein shown and described.

6. The combination, in a file, of a base provided with fixedfiling-needles and swinging transfer-needles, together with fixeduprights a, arranged a short distance from the fixed needles, andserving both as a gage or abutment for the papers and as hearings orsupports for the axes or trunnions of the'swinging needles,substantially as herein shown and described.

7. The combination of a base fitted with fixed filing-needles withswinging transferneedles having their axes provided with stops m,together with the uprights a, serving to support said axes and limit themovement of said stops.

JOHN T. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD H. WALES, CHAS. M. HIGGINS.

